Press Releases

Two Briggs Equipment Apprentice Engineers, Connor Campbell and Martin Delaney have been nominated for a Construction Plant-Hire Association (CPA) Stars of the Future award.

Briggs Equipment has successfully completed the delivery of two new Hyster ReachStackers to DB Cargo UK. The machines will be used primarily for the lifting and handling of containers and swap bodies in an exciting new project at Grangemouth.

Briggs Equipment has completed the acquisition of Aerial Platform Hire Limited, one of Ireland’s leading powered access hire companies.

Briggs Equipment, the UK’s premier asset management and engineering services specialist, has underlined its ongoing commitment to sustainability by becoming an officially accredited carbon neutral business.

Briggs Equipment has completed the acquisition of materials handling dealer, Forkway Group (“Forkway”). Operating from three UK sites in Amersham, Dewsbury and Southampton, Forkway has supplied industrial equipment and expert engineering services to customers since 1961 with a philosophy and commitment that perfectly complements the Briggs Proposition.

As part of the ongoing partnership between Briggs Equipment and Peel Ports Group (PPG), a new JCB machine equipped with innovative safety technology and telemetry has recently been delivered to the Port of Liverpool.

Briggs Equipment has demonstrated its commitment to both charity and the important subjects of Mental Health and Wellbeing by making a total donation of £20,000 to four mental health charities.

Briggs Equipment’s fleet of short term hire equipment has been busy throughout 2021, helping some of the biggest events in the UK’s sporting calendar prosper.

Luxury kitchen manufacturer, Mereway Group, has taken delivery of 7 Hyster forklift trucks at their Birmingham warehouse hub.